2026 Oliver Gröning: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	46	11407	11023	154	147	139	8509

Oliver Gröning publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Oliver Gröning sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 139 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Oliver Gröning D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Oliver Gröning sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Oliver Gröning is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research spans various intersecting domains within materials science, physics, and engineering, focusing predominantly on advanced materials and nanostructures.

The main fields of study include:

Materials Science
Engineering
Physics and Astronomy

Subfields of study emphasize more specialized areas such as:

Materials Chemistry
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Organic Chemistry

The core research topics covered by Gröning focus on the properties and applications of carbon-based and two-dimensional materials, including:

Graphene research and applications
Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Topological Materials and Phenomena
Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
2D Materials and Applications

Gröning has published extensively in multiple reputable scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Advanced Materials
Angewandte Chemie
Carbon
ACS Nano

Recent scholarly contributions are as follows:

"Topological Defect-Induced Magnetism in a Nanographene," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
"Coupled Spin States in Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons with Asymmetric Zigzag Edge Extensions," 2020, Nano Letters
"Controllable p-Type Doping of 2D WSe₂ via Vanadium Substitution," 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
"Massive Dirac Fermion Behavior in a Low Bandgap Graphene Nanoribbon Near a Topological Phase Boundary," 2020, Advanced Materials
"Diradical Organic One-Dimensional Polymers Synthesized on a Metallic Surface," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Collaborative work is a marked characteristic of their career, with frequent co-authors including:

Carlo A. Pignedoli
Pascal Ruffieux
Román Fasel
Roland Widmer
Samuel Stolz

Best Publications

Controlled synthesis of single-chirality carbon nanotubes

Juan Ramon Sanchez-Valencia;Juan Ramon Sanchez-Valencia;Thomas Dienel;Oliver Gröning;Ivan Shorubalko

689
Citations
Porous graphenes: two-dimensional polymer synthesis with atomic precision

Marco Bieri;Matthias Treier;Jinming Cai;Kamel Aït-Mansour

655
Citations
Engineering of robust topological quantum phases in graphene nanoribbons.

Oliver Gröning;Shiyong Wang;Shiyong Wang;Xuelin Yao;Carlo A. Pignedoli

562
Citations
Two-dimensional polymer formation on surfaces: insight into the roles of precursor mobility and reactivity

Marco Bieri;Manh-Thuong Nguyen;Oliver Gröning;Jinming Cai

536
Citations
Field emission properties of carbon nanotubes

O. Gröning;O. M. Küttel;Ch. Emmenegger;P. Gröning

455
Citations
Topological frustration induces unconventional magnetism in a nanographene.

Shantanu Mishra;Doreen Beyer;Kristjan Eimre;Shawulienu Kezilebieke

368
Citations
Engineering of robust topological quantum phases in graphene nanoribbons

Oliver Gröning;Shiyong Wang;Shiyong Wang;Xuelin Yao;Carlo A. Pignedoli

310
Citations
Synthesis and Characterization of π-Extended Triangulene

Shantanu Mishra;Doreen Beyer;Kristjan Eimre;Junzhi Liu

245
Citations
Hydrogen adsorption on sp 2 -bonded carbon: Influence of the local curvature

P. Ruffieux;O. Gröning;M. Bielmann;P. Mauron

198
Citations
Hydrogen atoms cause long-range electronic effects on graphite

P. Ruffieux;O. Gröning;P. Schwaller;L. Schlapbach

198
Citations
Self-assembly and conformation of tetrapyridyl-porphyrin molecules on Ag(111)

W. Auwärter;A. Weber-Bargioni;A. Riemann;A. Schiffrin

190
Citations
AgO investigated by photoelectron spectroscopy: Evidence for mixed valence

M. Bielmann;P. Schwaller;P. Ruffieux;O. Gröning

153
Citations
Topological Defect-Induced Magnetism in a Nanographene.

Shantanu Mishra;Doreen Beyer;Reinhard Berger;Junzhi Liu

133
Citations
C60/corannulene on Cu(110): a surface-supported bistable buckybowl-buckyball host-guest system.

Wende Xiao;Daniele Passerone;Pascal Ruffieux;Kamel Aït-Mansour

133
Citations
Electronic band dispersion of graphene nanoribbons via Fourier-transformed scanning tunneling spectroscopy

Hajo Söde;Leopold Talirz;Oliver Gröning;Carlo Antonio Pignedoli

127
Citations
Field emitted electron energy distribution from nitrogen-containing diamondlike carbon

O. Gröning;O. M. Küttel;P. Gröning;Louis Schlapbach

127
Citations
Field emission from DLC films

O. Gröning;O.M. Küttel;P. Gröning;L. Schlapbach

124
Citations
Vacuum arc discharges preceding high electron field emission from carbon films

O. Gröning;O. M. Küttel;E. Schaller;P. Gröning

118
Citations
Buckybowls on Metal Surfaces: Symmetry Mismatch and Enantiomorphism of Corannulene on Cu(110)

Manfred Parschau;Roman Fasel;Karl Heinz Ernst;Oliver Gröning

117
Citations
Field emission properties of nanocrystalline chemically vapor deposited-diamond films

O. Gröning;O. M. Küttel;P. Gröning;L. Schlapbach

114
Citations
Adsorption of Small Hydrocarbons on the Three-Fold PdGa Surfaces: The Road to Selective Hydrogenation

Jan Prinz;Carlo A. Pignedoli;Quirin S. Stöckl;Marc Armbrüster

111
Citations
Charge-density oscillation on graphite induced by the interference of electron waves

Pascal Ruffieux;M. Melle-Franco;Oliver Gröning;Michael Bielmann

110
Citations
Collective All-Carbon Magnetism in Triangulene Dimers

Shantanu Mishra;Doreen Beyer;Kristjan Eimre;Ricardo Ortiz

51
Citations